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Tao: The Little Samurai is a collection of cartoons about a young boy, Tao, who is attending school to train to be a samurai. Tao means well, but does not always think beyond his next meal, and he finds that…

The Three Kingdoms is a famous story from ancient China, a power struggle that occurred between the end of the Han Dynasty, circa 200 C.E., and the rise of the Three Kingdoms. After the Han Dynasty lost power, three states reigned: Wei, Shu, and Wu,…

Returning home from their first solo trip to the interstellar bazaar of Cra’Nohn to get supplies, the children of the Independent Science Vehicle Mercury find the spaceship abandoned. Their parents are gone, life support has been turned off, and the…

Even if you don’t regularly tune in to BBC, you’re probably familiar with this story: The Doctor–time-lord, last of the Gallifreyans, a race with the ability to regenerate into a new form rather than die–travels through the galaxy, generally with…

The Amazing Spider-Man: Death of the Stacys is a reprint of issues 88-92 and 121-122 from the 1970’s run of Amazing Spider-Man. The first part of this collection introduces Gwen Stacy and her importance to the story. It also kills…

Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rise of the Turtles is a book adaptation of the TV show currently on Nickelodeon. It is designed to introduce readers to the turtles, develop their backstory, and hopefully create new viewers of the show. The…

Welcome to Sternbild City, where heroes are real and you can watch them live on Hero TV! Kotetsu, a.k.a. “Wild Tiger,” is an experienced hero, having worked as a hero for the last ten years. When activated, his power multiplies all…

Alice Otterloop is your typical suburban kindergartener. She lives in the neighborhood of Cul de Sac with her mom and dad and older brother Petey. Cul de Sac is surrounded by a wall to keep out the traffic noise of…

Stacy, the seventeen-year-old semi-autobiographical protagonist of How I Made It To Eighteen by Tracy White, is struggling. From the outside, her life seems fine, but she privately struggles with drugs and an eating disorder. In an attempt to get her…

It was a dark and stormy night. No, really, it’s a perfect film noir opening. Our hero, Arjun Kadam, is injured and facing an armed gunman. It looks like the end. The street lights highlight the rain pouring down on…

Jeremy, the protagonist of Look Straight Ahead by Elaine Will, is your typical teenager. To escape typical teenage pressures from his harsh parents and bullies at school, Jeremy draws. Both Jeremy and the reader become immersed in his art. Jeremy walks…

At the end of the first millennium, Ireland, like many places in Europe, was divided into a number of warring states. Additionally, the Norse had major settlements along the east coast, including Dublin. At this time a man, Brian Boru,…

Steampunk Originals is a collection of 28 stories that celebrate the diversity of the steampunk genre. Steampunk, for those who don’t know, is a sub-genre of science fiction wonderfully described by Urban Dictionary as, “what the past would look like…

Russ Kick’s third volume of the Graphic Canon is a veritable smorgasbord of art. As the series has gone on, the works have gone from lovely condensations of great literature to fantastic art and graphics inspired by the great literature.…

The Doctor Who Omnibus, vol. 1, collects eight comics by all different authors and artists. The first story and last one are long and the middle six are short. It helps to know something about Doctor Who, the TV show…

Matilda can’t wait for her sister Clementine to wake up. Even though Clementine is so young she sleeps in a crib and only talks a little, Matilda has plans for them, big Saturday plans. That’s because everything is better on…

Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in the backwoods of Kentucky. His father believed in the value of hard work, not book learning. Lincoln suffered many losses in his life: his mother died when he was a young boy, his…

Born in 1910 in southeastern Europe, Agnes Gonxha always knew she wanted to serve in the Catholic Church. More than that, she wanted to go to India and be a missionary. She left home at the age of eighteen to…

Before we even get to the review, you need to know that Clockwork Watch: The Arrival is the first part in a planned multi-media interactive series. It has its own website that keeps you current as to the happenings in…